Assemblymember David Orentlicher

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2021-2025 (first elected November 2020)—three regular sessions and three special sessions
  • 2025 SESSION COMMITTEES: Education; Health and Human Services; Judiciary
  • 2023 SESSION COMMITTEES: Health and Human Services (Vice Chair); Judiciary; Revenue
  • 2021 SESSION COMMITTEES: Health and Human Services; Judiciary; Revenue
  • Indiana House of Representatives, 2002-2008

Honors and Awards

  • Planned Parenthood of Indiana, Distinguished Legislative Service Award
  • Ranked number 6 among U.S. constitutional law scholars by ScholarGPS

Other Achievements

  • Harvard Law Review, Editor
  • Princeton University, Visiting DeCamp Professor of Bioethics
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Health Law Program, Director

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • American Civil Liberties Union, Member and Past Board Member (Nevada and Indiana affiliate)
  • American Law Institute
  • American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Member and Past President
  • Nevada State Medical Association
  • State Bar of Nevada
  • United States Supreme Court Bar

Education

  • Harvard Medical School, M.D.
  • Harvard Law School, J.D.
  • Brandeis University, B.A., Economics

Personal

Occupation: Professor, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
Recreation: Reading, writing, Cajun dancing
Born: Washington, D.C.
Spouse: Judy
Children: Cy, Shay

Primary Sponsor

AB101 Revises provisions governing health care. (BDR 40-159)
AB150 Revises provisions relating to the criminal justice system. (BDR 15-157)
AB186 Revises provisions governing pharmacists. (BDR 54-344)
AB209 Provides immunity from criminal liability for engaging in prostitution or solicitation for prostitution. (BDR 15-781)
AB279 Revises provisions relating to tobacco. (BDR 32-158)
AB282 Revises provisions relating to billing for health care. (BDR 40-785)
AB319 Makes revisions relating to providers of health care. (BDR 54-791)
AB324 Revises provisions governing housing. (BDR 10-1045)
AB349 Makes revisions relating to health care. (BDR 23-343)
AB461 Revises provisions governing health care. (BDR 38-156)

Co-Sponsor

SCR1 Memorializes esteemed native Nevadan and lobbyist Kathleen “Neena” Laxalt. (BDR R-1028)
ACR3 Expresses gratitude to the National Conference of State Legislatures for 50 years of service. (BDR R-986)
SCR4 Declares April 2025 as Financial Literacy Month. (BDR R-1163)
SJR7* Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to establish certain rights relating to reproductive health. (BDR C-864)
AJR7 Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to revise provisions relating to the compensation of certain elected officers. (BDR C-654)
SJR10 Urges Congress to take certain actions relating to the therapeutic use of certain psychedelic compounds. (BDR R-801)
AJR14 Condemns the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and denounces the use of presidential pardons and commutations to absolve the rioters. (BDR R-991)
AB82 Requires the Governor to proclaim certain days of observance. (BDR 19-60)
SB138 Makes revisions governing health care for pregnant women and newborn children. (BDR 40-580)
AB191 Revises provisions relating to collective bargaining. (BDR 23-889)
AB224* Revises provisions governing collective bargaining. (BDR 23-155)
AB256 Directs the Legislative Commission to appoint a Regional Rail Transit Advisory Working Group to conduct an interim study relating to regional rail transit. (BDR S-614)
SB258 Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-594)
SB262 Revises provisions relating to graduate medical education. (BDR 18-120)
AB266 Makes revisions relating to breastfeeding. (BDR 40-595)
AB278 Designates the month of July as Muslim American Heritage Month. (BDR 19-924)
AB297 Revises provisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR 38-838)
AB321 Revises provisions relating to offenders. (BDR 16-1015)
AB340* Revises provisions governing certain actions and proceedings relating to real property. (BDR 3-77)
AB378 Creates the Alternative Therapy Pilot Program. (BDR 40-820)
AB381 Revises provisions related to animals. (BDR 50-793)
AB382 Revises provisions relating to health insurance coverage for biomarker testing. (BDR 57-913)
AB388 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 23-1027)
AB405 Revises provisions relating to agriculture. (BDR S-911)
AB454 Enacts a Smart Heart Law for public and private schools. (BDR 34-1029)
AB480 Revises provisions relating to discrimination in housing. (BDR 10-1101)